Mary Valley
Circus Event Packages
Our ‘come and try’ circus workshops provide something that all your guests can take part in.
We Come To
Your Venue
Give your guests a taste of joining the circus. With our portable aerial rigs, your guests can experience many of the circus apparatus that they’ve only seen in shows such as Cirque du Soleil, P!nk, and the Greatest Showman.
Get Your
Guests Involved
Our highly qualified trainers will demonstrate some simple moves that will ensure everyone gets involved and experiences the joys of the circus through aerial activities, juggling balls, hoops & pois.
Add A Creative Workshop
Spice up your event with a Make Your Own hoop, ribbon or poi workshop where our trainers will provide the materials and instructions needed for your guest to take home their own custom-made equipment.
Perfect for Events of all Sizes
Our Aerial Circus Event Workshops are perfect for encouraging participation within groups of all sizes, all ages, and all abilities.
For groups of 25 or more, we suggest hiring at least two trainers, so that everyone gets a few turns.
Juggling balls, hoops and poi available for participants to try while waiting for their turn on the aerial rig.
A Show To Remember
A perfect weekend or long weekend camp for kids, adults or families.
Workshops in aerial arts, juggling, hooping, plate spinning, poi, trick skipping, acrobalance and acrobatics.
Guest have the opportunity to make their own hoops, poi and juggling
balls to take home.
Participants also learn how to select music, choose costumes, and create an act, complete with lighting. The weekend ends with a final show where friends and family are welcome to attend.
Event Pricing
2 hour Workshop
4 hour Workshop
Make Your Own
Mix up your activity schedule and make your camp stand out with our hands on aerial circus workshops
Hire our trainers for a session, a day or even multiple days and choose a mix of circus activities to suit your needs.
Our trainers teach aerial circus, juggling, hooping, plate spinning, poi, trick skipping, introductory acrobalance (balancing on each other), and introductory
acrobatics.
For the brave, smaller groups, we also teaching fire twirling.
Frequently Asked Questions
What sorts of events typically engage us for come and try circus workshops?
We regularly provide come and try circus workshops for festivals, regional shows and private parties.
What qualifications do the trainers hold?
Our trainers hold public liability and professional indemnity insurance covering performance and teaching, and
current blue cards.
Attention is always paid to safety with close supervision, use of mats and regular equipment safety checks.
Two of our trainers are licenced riggers and doggers. One is a registered occupational therapist experienced in injury management and prevention.
What will people experience during the workshop?
Typically it is run as a free attraction by festivals, shows or party organisers. We usually bring a range of aerial circus apparatus such as silks, trapeze, lyra and net. We also have a harness systems to lift people who are less confident into the air and allow them to roll and twist and hang upside down. Our trainers set up the number of rigs requested and support anyone to have a go. We bring a range of other equipment such as hula hoops to engage people which they are waiting for a go on the aerials rigs.
Circus Dictionary
Our circus features:
- AERIAL SILKS / TISSU: Aerial art performed on strong fabric.
- LYRA: Aerial art performed on in a metal hoop.
- TRAPEZE: Aerial art performed on a bar suspended by two ropes.
- AERIAL NET: Aerial art performed on a net held up by two corners.
- WEB: Aerial art hanging from a rope spun quickly.
- ACROBALANCE: Poses and balances involving two or more people.
- ACROBATICS: Individual and team balancing, handstands and tumbling.
- HOOPING: Hoops of different sizes spun on all parts of the body.
- POI: Two balls on ropes, fabric or chain spun with various tricks.
- PLATE SPINNING: Just as it sounds.
- TRICK SKIPPING: Tricks performed with one or two long ropes.
- JUGGLING: Passing objects (e.g., balls or clubs) in a coordinated fashion.